Holder for labels and the like.



L. HALL.

HOLDER FOR LABELS AND THE UKE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-H.19ilv Patented Dec. 24, 1918.

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HOLDER FOR LABELS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2d, 1918.

Application filed December 11, 1917. Serial No. 206,578.

To all whom it may concern Be it lmown that I, LINCOLN HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Holder for Labels and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices designed to hold labels or other matter in convenient position for the removal thereof one at a time and an object of the invention is to make provision for holding different kinds of labels, each kind being offset from the other kinds.

Another object is to so construct the holder that different kinds of labels may be mounted one above another on a wall or other suitable support.

Another object is to effect the foregoing by a relatively simple and inexpensive construction.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the subjoined detail description.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention showing labels in place in each of the holder sections or receptacles.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation from the left of Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4: is a section on line indicated by w w*, Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the sections or receptacles detached looking at the front thereof.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the section shown in Fig. 5vlooking at the back thereof. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the rack.

Fig. 8 is an elevation mainly in section of a series of holder sections mounted one above the other on a support, said support being shown fragmentarily in section.

Fig. 9 is an elevation mainly in section of one of the holder sections showing the means for attaching the same to the support which is shown fragmentarily in section.

There is provided any desired number of holder sections indicated in general by the character 1 and each is preferably coustructed as follows: Each section comprises a U- shaped receptacle having a rear wall 2, a bottom 3 and a front wall 4. The front wall 4 is provided with an opening 5 and the rear wall 2 is provided at its upper edge with forwardly extending tongue-s 6, the forward ends of said tongues being above the level of the front wall 4 and the tongues 6 being free from all but the receptacle rear wall so that said tongues can be readily sprung up- Ward at their forward ends when the labels are being inserted or removed.

Detachable from the receptacle and positioned therein are plates 7, 8 which are substantially as long as the receptacle and which may be flanged asshown in order to stiffen them, the flanges being turned inward. Between the plates 7, 8 is interposed a coil spring 9 and the articles to be held in the receptacle are interposed between the plate 8 and the front wall 4. In this instance labels 10 are shown in the receptacles. The labels or other articles may readily be inserted by the operator pressing the plate 8 rearward with a knife or other suitable instrument and then slipping the package of labels in place between said plate and front wall. It is clear that the foremost label of the pack may be readily removed without disturbing the other labels, the tongues 6 tend to hold said other labels against displacement upward when the foremost label is belng removed. These tongues 6 extend at least as far forward as the wall 4 and when the foremost label is to be removed it will be bent forward at its upper edge so that it can be readily drawn from beneath the tongues 6.

The rear wall 2 is provided with openings 11 and slots 12 communicating with the openings 11 so that the receptacles 1 may be readily mounted one above another on any suitable support, such a support being indicated fragmentarily at 13 in Figs. 8 and 9. For this purpose screws 14; are placed at appropnate distances from one another in the support and the receptacles are hung on the screws by bringing the openings 11 into registration with the screw heads and then lowering the receptacles to cause the slots 12 to register with the screw heads. The slots 12 are narrower than the diameter of the screw heads so that the receptacles cannot be removed from the support without first raising them so that the screw heads will register with the openings 11.

The openings 5 readily permit the finger of the person desiring to remove a label to be inserted behind the desired label and by reason of the openings 5 it is clear that the receptacles may be placed in close proximity to one another on the support without preventing ready removal of the labels, I

In some instances it may be desirable to place a series of the receptacles in a drawer, on a counter or elsewhere and in such event it is sometimes desirable to employ. means to detachably connect the sections to one another and for this purpose I propose to use a suitable rack. Such a rack is indicated at 15 in Fig. 7 and comprises alternatively arranged members 16 17. at right angles with one anotherto form a zig-zag, stepped or stair-shaped rack. Thus the members 16 are offset from one another. The members 16 are provided with forwardly and laterally extending lugs 18 bent from the members 16 and having their free ends offset sufficiently to engage the marginal portions of vertical slots 19 in the lower part of the rear walls 2. This slot19 is clearly shown in Figs. at and 6 of the drawings. Each of the receptacles 1 is inserted in one of the steps of the rack and detachably connected therewith by bringing the slot 19 into registration with the lugs 18 and then pushing the receptacle downward so as to bring the marginal portions of the slot 19 beneath the outer ends of the lugs 18. When the receptacles 2 are assembled on the rack as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the rack may be readily laced in a drawer vertical slots, each slot extending to the botor other suitable receptacle, on a flat surface such as a counter, or the rack may be fastened at one end by any suitable means 35 or otherwise supported so that the receptacles will be offset from one another.

Of course, the rack 15 may be made as long as desired to accommodate a greater or less number of receptacles than in Figs. 1 and 2. 40

From the foregoing it is clear that the device is simple and inexpensive to construct and that it may be used in various positions according tothe desires of the druggist or other person employing the same for hold- 45 ing labels or the like.

I claim:

-A holder comprising a stepped rack, and separate receptacles inserted in the rack steps, the rack having forwardly and laterally extending lugs bent therefrom and arranged in pairs and the free ends of the lugs being oflset,and separate receptacles insertedin the rack steps and provided with tom face of the receptacle and receiving a pair of the lugs to hold the receptaclesagainst lateral displacement.

Signed at' Los Angeles, California, this 4th day of December, 1917.

LINCOLN HALL. Witnesses:

. GEORGE H. HILES,

L. BELLE VVEAWR,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

